Global Health University of West London

Overview

Throughout the  Global Health course from the University of West London  you will be able to identify threats to global health, assess the health status of diverse populations and to plan and implement strategies to improve population health status.

Our academics have extensive professional experience within a vast array of healthcare topics and are at hand to support you. Your topic could fall into any of the wider global health subject areas, including:

• global health (life expectancy and quality of life)
• health system / healthcare workforce
• public health nutrition
• ageing population (care for the elderly / hospice / palliative care)
• dementia care
• antibiotic resistance
• demography (maternal / child health issues)
• healthcare education
• healthcare policy and management / social policy for translational medicine
• infection prevention and control
• bioinformatics
• communicable disease prevention and management
• non-communicable disease
• mental health
• environmental health
• patient centric care
• global warming and climate change
• threat of a global influenza pandemic
• fragile and vulnerable settings (regions affected by drought / conflict)
• Ebola and high-threat pathogens
• weak primary care
• Public-Private Partnerships (PPP)
• equity in health care
• universal access to health care
• Quality of Care (QoC)
• unsafe health products
• capitalising technological advancement in health (digital health / mHealth / eHealth)
• sanitation.

Study & career progression

The Global Health programme at University of West London opens up an array of career opportunities both in academia and as a professional within the health sector. 

Many students go on to pursue an academic career, following the PhD with postdoctoral study, then a fellowship or lectureship.

After completion of the PhD you can enter governmental departments, UN agencies,  NGOs, National Institutes of Health (NIH) or Centers for Disease Control (CDC).

You could pursue a career as a:

• policy analyst

• epidemiologist

• medical analyst

• programme manager and advisor

• health scientist

• public health advisor

• field consultant

• disaster relief support officer.

Career opportunities:

A PhD degree in Global Health opens up an array of career opportunities both in academia and as a professional within the health sector. 

Many students go on to pursue an academic career, following the PhD with postdoctoral study, then a fellowship or lectureship.

ob roles

• policy analyst
• epidemiologist
• medical analyst
• programme manager and adviser
• health scientist
• public health adviser
• field consultant
• disaster relief support officer.

Graduate employers

• governmental departments
• UN agencies
• NGOs
• National Institutes of Health
• Centres for Disease Control (CDC).